Tonwoche №647 (1944)

Newsreel №64035, 1 part, Duration: 0:11:58 B/W
Studio UFA

Reel №1

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Young Russian workers receive a good schooling at German enterprises.

Later, in their homeland, they will become good craftsmen.

Young people learn to operate machines at a woodworking factory.

Young men cut out various parts from wood and sand them.

A congress of Azerbaijani volunteers who have risen to fight the Bolsheviks is held in Berlin.

The volunteers listen to a report by a battle-tested Azerbaijani officer.

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem is among the guests of the congress.

The audience applauds.

The congress delegates lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the pantheon on Unter den Linden.

On New Year's Day, the head of the French state, Marshal Petain, received ministers, representatives of the occupation forces, and the diplomatic corps in Vichy.

Petain gave a congratulatory speech and talked with the guests.

Conveying congratulations to Petain from the French youth.

Holland.

Representatives of the German and Dutch National Socialist movements congratulated the head of the National Socialist Movement of Holland, Adriaan Mussert, on the New Year.

He communicates with guests.

The 1st Assembly of the Republican Fascist Party was held in Verona.

Entrance to the ancient castle, delegates walk along the lowered folding bridge, communicate.

At this meeting, the program of further work of the party was announced.

Speeches in the hall.

Minister and Secretary General of the party Alessandro Pavolini read out a greeting from the Duce.

Everyone applauds.

The trade agreement between Bulgaria and Germany has been extended for another year.

On the Bulgarian side, the agreement was signed by Prime Minister Bozhilov, on the German side by Ambassador Beckerle and the chairman of the German commission Dr.

Lambler.

The agreement is sealed.

The head of the Spanish state, Generalissimo Franco, received representatives of the railway workers and miners of Asturias at his residence.

The miners gave Franco an album with an address containing 14,000 signatures as a token of gratitude for the social assistance that had been rendered to them.

Islands in the Aegean Sea.

The Greek island of Samos, occupied by the Germans.

Landscapes of the island and aerial views of the town of Samos.

Scenes from the town's street life.

Local artisans making their products.

An elderly couple sits on the porch, the woman holds a spindle in her hands.

A young man grinds grain on a millstone.

Citrus and banana plantations.

A soldier picks an orange and gives it to his comrade, who is sitting next to a local girl.

A soldier cuts a banana from a bunch.

With the help of an interpreter, the soldiers buy fruit at the local market and talk to the locals.

Food and wine warehouses on the shore.

Soldiers pour local wine from barrels into bottles and pack it into parcels to send home.

Soldiers enjoy wine.

Local residents greet German soldiers and treat them to wine.

A girl in a national costume serves glasses of wine on a tray.

German soldiers inspect ancient ruins and the building of an Orthodox monastery high in the mountains.

A monk lowers a basket from a window, then raises it with food.

Soldiers on the monastery grounds, talking with the abbot, looking at an art gallery of portraits of clergy, including a portrait of Hitler.

View from the window of the monastery domes and the sea.

A massive raid by American aircraft on German territory on January 11. An observation post on a German anti-aircraft battery, an alarm sounds.

A few minutes later, the entire German air defense apparatus is ready to fight back.

The gunners run out of the barracks and run to the guns, which are brought to combat readiness.

The launch of German Focke-Wulf and Messerschmidt fighters.

An air battle with a squadron of American bombers.

A downed American plane smokes and falls to the ground.

German fighters attack.

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